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Still Life with Bread
Still Life with Bread
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Challenge: Bread (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS for Nikon
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Date: Feb 12, 2008
Aperture: f/ 18
ISO: 100
Shutter: 5 seconds
Galleries: Still Life, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Feb 12, 2008

 Sorry for the lack of imagination and I can hear the DNMC police screaming simply bread. So there's a few other things and the bread was expesive. Good stuff though....munch munch munch...want some? Come on over...I'mm PM you the address. BTW.....Your toast Dannels! LOL! I mean to get at least a 5 in the challenge. Beat that, Buddy! (He probably will, you know!)

Lit with the one clamp lamp on the right with a 200w halogen bulb pointing up to a piece of white poster board over the shooting area and a reflector on the left. Pre-set white balance. Camera on tripod, it was a bit dicey cause I do not have a cable remote (arriving tomorrow). Maybe I should have used the D70s and remote. Oh well.

Post: Open in Camera Raw in PSElements 6.0. Raw Adjustments:
Tmeprature 3200
Tint +11
Fill Light 25
Blacks 5
Brightness +50
Contrast +25
Clarity 50
Vibrance +10
Saturation +5

In PSElements 6.0:

Layer adjustments for levels, brightness/contrast and hue/saturation. Sharpen. Crop. Resize. Sharpen

Statistics
Place: 7 out of 167
Avg (all users): 6.6125
Avg (commenters): 7.2500
Avg (participants): 6.2615
Avg (non-participants): 6.7429
Views since voting: 2433
Views during voting: 394
Votes: 240
Comments: 32
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 02/21/2008 12:12:52 PM
Good job Robert! Looks good enough to eat...i'm a bread fanatic!
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 02/20/2008 05:12:59 AM
This is beautiful! Congrats on top 10.
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 02/20/2008 04:01:13 AM
well done robert
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 02/19/2008 10:29:57 PM
Classically beautiful still life shot! Congrats on your top 10!!
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 02/19/2008 07:11:14 PM
Very nice still life, Robert. Bring some of that down here when you FINALLY decide to visit. ;)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/19/2008 10:05:49 AM
delicious
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 02/19/2008 09:15:10 AM
very very nice. my highest score so far. 9
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 02/18/2008 04:39:09 PM
There's a lot going on in this image, with that said it seems to work.
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 02/18/2008 12:23:58 PM
with bread and much other things... too much confused
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 02/16/2008 06:03:00 PM
The white balance is a little off, but i like it. 8
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 02/15/2008 06:17:36 PM
Beautiful still life
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 02/15/2008 02:28:52 PM
Very nice lighting.
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 02/15/2008 02:00:50 PM
The position of the pieces seem too unnatural. You totally nailed the lighting though. Great stuff.
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 02/15/2008 10:03:52 AM
A nice range of shapes and colours, a pity the wine wasn't a little brighter to act as a balance to the rose.

A nice evenings eating after the shoot though : )
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 02/15/2008 03:38:56 AM
Wow!! Well done..
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 02/14/2008 04:52:54 PM
awesome set up with the food. The texture is amazing but the background really dulls the picture. good thought
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 02/14/2008 03:57:11 PM
color balance seems off. too yellow. great composition though.
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 02/14/2008 11:42:04 AM
I really love the mood in this one, just would have felt more like a "still life" for me if everything wasn't so perfectly aligned.
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 02/14/2008 08:33:38 AM
An excellent implementation of a cliched idea. Even though it has been done to death, this looks technically perfect.
7.
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 02/14/2008 05:59:32 AM
simple and elegant, love the textures and the colours, 10
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 02/14/2008 01:27:57 AM
This has GOT to be in the top 3! Niiice!
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 02/14/2008 01:16:04 AM
I prefer my still lifes a little less formulaic but very well lit and presented. A pity a couple of grapes have been chopped off!
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 02/13/2008 10:40:02 PM
lovely arangement, but the yellowish tinge lets it down for me
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 02/13/2008 09:56:52 PM
beautiful still life
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 02/13/2008 04:09:41 PM
I like the textures and lighting on this. It's well composed, but a little boring.
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 02/13/2008 01:35:20 PM
The way "everyone" is standing up, it looks more like a group portrait than a still life...very curious indeed.
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 02/13/2008 01:26:13 PM
I wonder if it all feels a little bit too straight up and down... nicely captured though
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 02/13/2008 01:19:46 PM
Too much straight up & down on the staging for me, something leaning or angled might draw more interest. Very nicely lit & exposed though.
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 02/13/2008 11:36:05 AM
This pic deserves some special attention, as it is clear that you have given it attention. Let me first congratulate on a great lighting job. The blacks are true black, but the dark parts of the pick still have detail. Also, the sharpness and texture are fine. I do have a problem with the composition though. The composition has the 'required' diagonal in it, but I think it is too formal. Looking at classic (painted) still lifes, they often look as if the stuff was just left there without any purpose. This one is clearly set up to make a picture. I would have liked it better if you cut up at least one of the breads and arranged it seemingly random (while keeping a diagona of course).

The elements in the still life are also a bit awkward to me. I can imagine a wine still life, featuring bread, cheese and grapes. But for that setting, a couple of slices would have been sufficient. Three full breads look like breakfast to me, but that makes the wine obsolete. I see no use for a rose, a pear and an apple in any of these settings, they would be great in a fruit still life or a cornucopia. Do you get where I am going? The elements should belong together and be well balanced.

Just two minor points to finish with: I see a wire (?) running to your right hand cheese and part of the grapes are covered by black cloth.
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 02/13/2008 07:10:43 AM
Good still life - just lacks more natural lighting to really fly.
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 02/13/2008 05:50:53 AM
excellent very nice lighting,but the grapes got cut a bit
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 02/12/2008 07:33:44 PM
perfect lighting
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